I was somewhat confused with Melody's difference between the BASE CHAKRA and the ROOT CHAKRA. On the physical body there are 7 Chakras - Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Forehead and Crown. At one point Melody stressed that we were not working with the Root Chakra as it goes down from between the legs, but we were working with the BASE CHAKRA. I have always viewed the BASE CHAKRA as the same as the ROOT CHAKRA. If these are two separate Chakras then the body has 8 Chakras, which I have never heard of before.
I did not bother to have her explain this at the time, as we where in the middle of an exercise and time was becoming a issue. I have interpret it as the two are the same Chakra, just that we want the Root Chakra to open in the front of the body and not down towards the earth.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Melody workshop #4
October 27, day two of Melody's Crystal workshop level 2
The last day of level 2. Doing both levels over 5 days was really great, the 1 day off between the 2 levels was needed. These types of workshops I often find to be overwhelming in either the ENERGY or with INFORMATION or both. The day off between the 2 levels allowed me to process some of Level 1 before starting Level 2, it helped.
As much as I learned from Melody and her expert presentation, I also learned from my fellow students. My fellow workshop participants were extremely supportive of each other and participated cooperatively very effectively.
Melody's persistence in having us attuning to each other with each exercise and having each other opening each other's chakra with each exercise, I think went along way to having everyone working together so well. It would be difficult not to be so cooperative with each other, with all the attunement we have had with each other.
I also greatly admired Melody's insistence that we always paired off with strangers that we did not know or had worked with before. This built the cohesiveness of the GROUP of us.
The Elixirs;
I am not sure how long the elixirs are going to take. At first glance it may take awhile as the procedure works with the lunar cycle and it may take a month or TWO to complete. I am doing the Apatite Elixir.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Melody Workshop #3
October 26, day one of Melody's Crystal workshop level 2
The energy exchange was truly awesome, today. I often find the energy in such a classroom as being overwhelming in many ways. The many individuals crystals alone made for a very powerful environment, plus the individuals themselves added to the power. I found it somewhat difficult to evaluate the different layouts and the practices we had, due to this overly energized environment.
The Tibetan Pulsing Chakra Array with 6 practitioners working on 1 client was extreme. Plus attuning to each other 7 times was really making a strong attunement to each other. This really brought to mind Reiki Shares that I have done, it is powerful. I feel it needs to be done carefully with concern for sensitive individuals, some may find the energy too much. I now limit the number of Reiki practitioners to 3 to 1 client, because some find the energy too much.
Doing the Consciousness Desire Array with a partner was a great exercise. However, I found myself stepping over my client, which I would never do under normal circumstances. The space was too tight.
As I am writing this blog I do not have my notes with me so I am not sure of the spelling on the exercise with the fingers. I really enjoyed this exercise as I found it to be simple and powerful. I do enjoy the SIMPLE practices.
The individuals I also find to be very easy to work with and extremely encouraging and supportive. This is very important when working in such powerful environments. I feel strongly connected to all of them.
As I was walking to the seabus after the day was over, I felt extremely energized. My AURA felt fully charged and difficult to keep close to me. Normally I like my AURA to be no more than about 3 feet around me, but it felt more like 5 feet around me. It felt really positive and people around me responded by not being as close. It was a little odd, on the seabus it was crowded but no one took a seat next to me on either side. It was not that I did not want anyone to sit next to me, it was full. A few looked at the seats next to me and then moved on. Everyone one else was stuffed beside each other, I was the only one with an empty seat on both sides. It was strange but not in a bad way, just odd.
Monday, October 25, 2010
The Energetic Body
Our Energetic Body is much like our Physical Body - organs-chakras; circulation-meridians, skin and muscles-aura. I think most will be surprised that I include our MUSCLES being connected with our AURA. In most teachings we equate our skin to our aura but our muscles are not.
The AURA is much more than just a energy radiating out from our chakras and meridians. Our Aura is how we interact with our environment. We connect with everything around us through our AURA. When we are in a crowded mall we are exchanging energy with everyone around us through our AURAS.
With a WEAK AURA we become more sensitive to everything around us. This also leads to reduced energy levels because our weaken AURA is draining energy from our CHAKRAS.
My first Shaman teacher taught me about the AURA's importance and there is an example of a WEAK AURA that I want to share here.
In the class there was 5 students and we stayed with our teacher for about 2 - 3 years. I was the only male in the class. There was this one woman that was extremely sensitive to everything. She was so sensitive that she was barely able to operate in society.
The teacher worked with this woman for 2 years in strengthening her AURA. There was many different exercises that the woman practiced in order to strengthen her AURA. Each year the woman became stronger and stronger. Today she is still a very sensitive person and is an extremely good psychic. However, she is now a lot more able to function in society and she does not loose her energy as easily.
I also have an example of a very STRONG AURA. The same teacher as I mentioned in the above example was having a discussion with a person at the center. The person was very skeptical about shamanism and the issue of spiritual energy. With permission of the person the teacher decided to give her a demonstration.
The teacher told the person that she could force the person to leave the center with her ENERGY, without any physical action, against the person's will. The person kind of laughed and agreed on the bet.
It was not long before the person was standing on the street outside the center. The person's skepticism was reduced but not completely, so the teacher forced her to cross the street from the center, still not convinced she was forced down the street.
When the person returned to the center there was no skepticism left and she fully believed in the ENERGY and shamanism.
The point of these two examples is to demonstrate what I mean by our MUSCLES. With our AURA properly set and strengthened we set our BOUNDARIES when we are interacting with our environment. With our AURA unset and weakened we are unable to set our BOUNDARIES and we are unsure of how to react to our environment.
The CORDS that we send out to others and the ones we receive from others originate first within our AURA. It is our AURA that quickly reacts to our INTENTIONS. There are exercises one can do that visually demonstrates how our AURA responds to our INTENTIONS.
When I am driving and I get upset at another driver that cuts me off, I will give the driver a dirty-look and this will send out a thread of negative energy that will connect with the driver. This thread of energy is coming from my AURA, it is the AURA that responds that quickly to my INTENTION. If I quickly release my temporary anger, this thread will dissolve over time. If I hold onto the anger and continue to curse him the thread will become a string, that will grow to a rope and to a CORD. If I continue to send the negative energy the thread not only grows but also works its way through the person's AURA and will attach to a CHAKRA.
Our Chakras are normally closed for the specific reason so that they are not affected by our environment. The Chakras are energy centers and they are to keep our Meridians energized and our AURA energized. The Meridians job is to circulate the energy to the different organs and parts of our physical body. The AURA is to respond to our environment. The Chakras are to keep the energy flowing and balanced.
This is the basic understanding I have of the Energetic Body. There is much more that will be explained when I post about the Energetic Realm of Reality. The issue of how we are energetically connected to everything and how TIME is not how we understand TIME in the Energetic Realm.
AURA:
The AURA is much more than just a energy radiating out from our chakras and meridians. Our Aura is how we interact with our environment. We connect with everything around us through our AURA. When we are in a crowded mall we are exchanging energy with everyone around us through our AURAS.
Weak Aura:
With a WEAK AURA we become more sensitive to everything around us. This also leads to reduced energy levels because our weaken AURA is draining energy from our CHAKRAS.
My first Shaman teacher taught me about the AURA's importance and there is an example of a WEAK AURA that I want to share here.
In the class there was 5 students and we stayed with our teacher for about 2 - 3 years. I was the only male in the class. There was this one woman that was extremely sensitive to everything. She was so sensitive that she was barely able to operate in society.
The teacher worked with this woman for 2 years in strengthening her AURA. There was many different exercises that the woman practiced in order to strengthen her AURA. Each year the woman became stronger and stronger. Today she is still a very sensitive person and is an extremely good psychic. However, she is now a lot more able to function in society and she does not loose her energy as easily.
Strong Aura;
I also have an example of a very STRONG AURA. The same teacher as I mentioned in the above example was having a discussion with a person at the center. The person was very skeptical about shamanism and the issue of spiritual energy. With permission of the person the teacher decided to give her a demonstration.
The teacher told the person that she could force the person to leave the center with her ENERGY, without any physical action, against the person's will. The person kind of laughed and agreed on the bet.
It was not long before the person was standing on the street outside the center. The person's skepticism was reduced but not completely, so the teacher forced her to cross the street from the center, still not convinced she was forced down the street.
When the person returned to the center there was no skepticism left and she fully believed in the ENERGY and shamanism.
The point of these two examples is to demonstrate what I mean by our MUSCLES. With our AURA properly set and strengthened we set our BOUNDARIES when we are interacting with our environment. With our AURA unset and weakened we are unable to set our BOUNDARIES and we are unsure of how to react to our environment.
Cords;
The CORDS that we send out to others and the ones we receive from others originate first within our AURA. It is our AURA that quickly reacts to our INTENTIONS. There are exercises one can do that visually demonstrates how our AURA responds to our INTENTIONS.
When I am driving and I get upset at another driver that cuts me off, I will give the driver a dirty-look and this will send out a thread of negative energy that will connect with the driver. This thread of energy is coming from my AURA, it is the AURA that responds that quickly to my INTENTION. If I quickly release my temporary anger, this thread will dissolve over time. If I hold onto the anger and continue to curse him the thread will become a string, that will grow to a rope and to a CORD. If I continue to send the negative energy the thread not only grows but also works its way through the person's AURA and will attach to a CHAKRA.
Chakras;
Our Chakras are normally closed for the specific reason so that they are not affected by our environment. The Chakras are energy centers and they are to keep our Meridians energized and our AURA energized. The Meridians job is to circulate the energy to the different organs and parts of our physical body. The AURA is to respond to our environment. The Chakras are to keep the energy flowing and balanced.
This is the basic understanding I have of the Energetic Body. There is much more that will be explained when I post about the Energetic Realm of Reality. The issue of how we are energetically connected to everything and how TIME is not how we understand TIME in the Energetic Realm.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Melody's Workshop #2
October 24, day two of Melody's Crystal workshop level 1.
Day Two was great.
First of all I was a half hour early (not being late is always a good start).
It was also good having my Mineral Medicine Bag with me, even though I didn't really need them.
The visiuilation of the clothsline and finding our 'Mass Consciousness Belief' and removing it, brought the feeling of the Spirit Realm to me. In the Shaman tradition the Spirit Realm consists of - Lower World, Middle World and Upper World. The Upper World one climbs stairs, escalator or elevator up into the clouds. The Upper World is where our Higher Self resides, Saints, Angles and other higher energy spirits. It was very much like being on a Spirit Journey.
The recovering of one of our CORDS I am not clear as to why? I am not clear on how our Chakras can send out these cords when the Chakra is closed. I can understand sending out cords when our Chakras are open, but I thought they are closed to protect them from cords.
This is the reason why I think more work needs to be done on the AURA and the importance of the AURA. Melody commented on day one about how her hand touching the table and she lifts her hand off the table their are strands of energy connecting her hand to the table. These strands retract into the AURA of the hand, because our intention is not focused on the table. As I understand it, it is the AURA that sends out the cords. The cord can become connected to our Chakra, however, this usually takes some time for the cord to work its way to the Chakra.
I need to do more work on the Energy Realm.
The Chakra array was very much like a Reiki session. I really enjoy it. I was somewhat uncomfortable having to place the hands on the private parts and I do not see the actual need.
Level 2 is going to be great.
Day Two was great.
First of all I was a half hour early (not being late is always a good start).
It was also good having my Mineral Medicine Bag with me, even though I didn't really need them.
The visiuilation of the clothsline and finding our 'Mass Consciousness Belief' and removing it, brought the feeling of the Spirit Realm to me. In the Shaman tradition the Spirit Realm consists of - Lower World, Middle World and Upper World. The Upper World one climbs stairs, escalator or elevator up into the clouds. The Upper World is where our Higher Self resides, Saints, Angles and other higher energy spirits. It was very much like being on a Spirit Journey.
The recovering of one of our CORDS I am not clear as to why? I am not clear on how our Chakras can send out these cords when the Chakra is closed. I can understand sending out cords when our Chakras are open, but I thought they are closed to protect them from cords.
This is the reason why I think more work needs to be done on the AURA and the importance of the AURA. Melody commented on day one about how her hand touching the table and she lifts her hand off the table their are strands of energy connecting her hand to the table. These strands retract into the AURA of the hand, because our intention is not focused on the table. As I understand it, it is the AURA that sends out the cords. The cord can become connected to our Chakra, however, this usually takes some time for the cord to work its way to the Chakra.
I need to do more work on the Energy Realm.
The Chakra array was very much like a Reiki session. I really enjoy it. I was somewhat uncomfortable having to place the hands on the private parts and I do not see the actual need.
Level 2 is going to be great.
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